US4597347A - Roller boom reefing and hoisting of a sail - Google Patents

Roller boom reefing and hoisting of a sail Download PDF

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US4597347A
US4597347A US06/634,018 US63401884A US4597347A US 4597347 A US4597347 A US 4597347A US 63401884 A US63401884 A US 63401884A US 4597347 A US4597347 A US 4597347A
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    • B63H9/00—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power
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  • This invention relates to a mechanism for reefing and hoisting of a sail on a sailing vessel which is connected along its foot to a roller boom and wherein the rotation of hoisting and reefing drums by a halyard arrangement of the sails are controllable with respect to each other by a single crew member, the sail may be locked in any hoisted position and also free fall of the said sail during a reefing operation is prevented.
  • the hoisting and reefing of a sail which is connected to an axially-rotatable boom is a complicated maneuver to carry out.
  • the sail is hoisted by turning a winch around which a hoisting halyard connected to the peek of the sail is wound, and during a reefing operation the winch is unwound and the rotatable boom rotated by hand to roll the sail around it during its controlled fall, which operation requires at least two crew members to achieve the required result.
  • An alternative arrangement is to provide a reefing drum connected to the sail roller boom, halyard means being arranged to pass over a pulley at an upper position of the mast and connected at one of its ends to the hoisting drum and at its other end to the reefing drum and also connected to the peak of the sail.
  • the present invention overcomes such difficulties in that the hoisting and reefing operations may be carried by a single crew member, if desired by remote control e.g. from a steering position, and which furthermore may be operated by one or more prime mover e.g. an electric or hydraulic motor
  • the invention provides a mechanism for hoisting and reefing a sail the foot of which is connected along its length to a roller boom, and wherein the hoisting and reefing of said sail is effected by halyard means passing over a pulley at an upper portion of a mast associated with the said roller boom and connected at one of its ends to a hoisting drum and connected at the other end to a reefing drum, and is also connected to the peak of the sail, and wherein the said reefing drum is connected to the said roller boom whereby the boom is rotatable with the said reefing drum, characterised in that there are provided
  • brake means for providing a braking force on the hoisting drum during a reefing operation whereby free fall of the sail during reefing is prevented.
  • the clutch means comprises a clutch body portion connectable to the said reefing drum to rotate the said reefing drum in a reefing direction and a clutch surface which engages the said hoisting drum when the clutch means is rotated in one direction to effect rotation of the said hoisting drum, and which disengages the hoisting drum when rotated in the opposite direction while simultaneously the rotating clutch body portion is connected to the reefing drum to effect rotation of the said reefing drum.
  • a particularly useful form of such clutch means consists of a ring gear forming the said clutch body portion, the geared periphery of which is driveably connectable to the said reefing drum to rotate same in a reefing direction only, and one side face of which is provided with dog-tooth elements engageable in corresponding slots in a facing surface of the said hoisting drum to form the said clutch surface.
  • Such a ring clutch when provided with helical teeth on its periphery, forms part of a particularly effective embodiment of the said selective engaging and locking means, providing an automatic selective and locking engaging means comprises a drivable helically-toothed gear which is in engagement with helically-toothed said ring gear which is axially slideably mounted whereby when the said ring gear is rotated in one direction by the said helically-toothed gear causes engagement of the said clutch face by a throwing action caused by reaction forces between the two sets of helical teeth, and rotation in the other direction causes retraction of the said helically-toothed ring to its original position by opposite said forces causing disengagement of the said clutch surface from the hoisting drum and simultaneous automatic engagement of the clutch body portion with the reefing drum.
  • the simultaneous automatic engagement of the clutch body portion with the said reefing drum by the said clutch body portion is effected by ratchet means between the said clutch body portion and a shaft on which the said reefing drum is fixedly mounted.
  • the said brake means comprises a spring-loaded surface bearing against a surface of the said hoisting drum whereby friction forces acting between the two surfaces effects retarding of the hoisting drum during a reefing operation.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic elevational view of one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is an elevation partial cross-section of the hoisting and reefing mechanism of the arrangement of FIG. 1.
  • a hollow metal mast 1 of a sailing vessel is provided with a roller boom 2 connected by a universal joint 3 a reefing drum 4 fixedly mounted on one end of shaft 5 which is freely rotatably mounted through the said mast 1 in housing 6.
  • the reefing drum 4 is provided with a plate 7 at its end nearest the mast to protect the mast from build-up of halyard on the drum 4 during reefing operation.
  • a hoisting drum 8 On the other projecting end of the said shaft 5 there is freely rotatably mounted a hoisting drum 8 on ball race 8a.
  • a mainsail 10 is connected at intervals along its foot (by means now shown) to the roller boom 2.
  • a halyard 11 passes internally of the mast passes over a pulley 12 at the head of the mast 1, one end of the halyard being connected to the reefing drum 4 so as to be windable therein the other end similarly being connected (after passing under further pulleys 13) to the hoisting drum 8.
  • the halyard is connected at an intermediate point along its length to the peak 14 of the sail 10. If desired the halyard means may be split so that the ends connect to spaced points on the luff of the sail.
  • a motor 15 connected to a bevel gearbox through a gear box 17 and safety clutch 18 to a bevel gear 16.
  • the bevel gear 16 meshes with a further bevel gear 19 which is itself attached through shaft 21 to a vertically-disposed helical gear wheel 20 rotatably mounted in casing 22.
  • a ratchet ring 23 is fixedly attached on the said rotatable shaft 5 and is mounted inside and co-axial with a second ring 24 which co-operates therewith through a ratchet (26), whereby rotation of the said second ring 24 in one direction drives the shaft 5 (and also the reefing drum) and rotation of the ring 24 in the opposite direction disengages the shaft 5.
  • the said second ring 24 contains a series of parallel longitudinal slots (28) on its external periphery engaging with corresponding longitudinal teeth in a third ring 25 forming the clutch body portion of clutch means mounted between the said helical gear 20 so that the ring 25 forming the clutch body portion is axially slideably mounted on the said second ring 24.
  • the side surface of the third ring 25 facing the surface 10 of the hoisting drum is provided with locking dog teeth 9 thus forming the clutch surface of the clutch means.
  • the whole assembly of gears 20, 23 24 and 25 is contained in casing 11 which has a projecting portion extending into a circular recess of the hoisting drum 8 and containing a compression spring 13 bearing against friction pads 12 to form a friction brake when in contact with the facing surface of the hoisting drum.
  • the motor 15 is switched on to rotate in a direction to effect hoisting of the sail 10 whereby the reaction forces operating between the intercalating helical teeth on the gear 20 and ring 25 cause the ring 25 forming the clutch body portion to move to the right (as in the drawing) by moving along the co-operating axial slots of the ring 24, and the dog teeth 9 engage in corresponding slots 9a in the facing surface of the hoisting drum 8, and at the same time the ratcheting action between the second ring 24 and the first ring 23 causes disengagement between the rings 23 and 24 thus disengaging the reefing drum 4.
  • the sail 10 is hoisted to a required extent the reefing drum being unwound by upward movement of the halyard 11 which hitherto was wound on the reefing drum.
  • the motor 15 is stopped when the sail has been hoisted to the desired extent, the system becomes locked against any movement which would cause lowering of the sail by the action of the ratchet between the first and second rings 23 and 24 respectively thus connecting and locking the hoisting and reefing drums.
  • the tension in the halyards is preserved against any flapping of the hoisted sail.
  • the motor 3 is switched on to rotate in an opposite direction.
  • This causes the dog teeth on the ring 24 to become disengaged from the surface 10 of the hoisting drum, the ratchet between rings 24 and 23 engaging ring 23 so as to effect rotation thereof, with corresponding rotation of the shaft 5 and reefing drum 4.
  • the reefing drum rotates to pull the sail down and at the same time to roll the sail over the rotating boom 2 which is connected to the reefing drum by universal joint 3.
  • the hoisting drum becomes disengaged and is rotated by the pulling action of the halyard wound onto it.
  • a manually-operated over-ride mechanism 27 may be provided to operate the system manually should power to the motor 15 fail.
  • the motor 15 may be an electric or hydraulically-operated prime mover.
  • the motor is contained within the hollow mast for protection against accidental knocking or the actions of waves. If desired it may be enclosed in a casing external of the mast to facilitate access.
  • two independently-operated motors may be used to provide the actuating means, one driving the hoisting drum and the other driving the reefing drum, the two motors, being interconnected so that the two drums are simutanenously rotated in the appropriate directions, during hoisting and reefing operations.
  • Alternative braking arrangements to the friction brake may be used and alternative clutch arrangements to the dog-tooth engagement illustrated, may be used.
  • a particularly useful manner of carrying out the utilizing an existing roller boom on a sailing vessel is to provide an attachable unit comprising a casing containing the mechanism hereinbefore described, connected to a hoisting drum motor and a power take-off wheel.
  • the unit is then attached to the mast by suitable attachment means and a belt or chain is provided connecting the power take-off wheel to a roller boom, possibly through a reefing wheel, by a chain or rope to effect a reefing operation.
  • the present invention represents a substantial improvement over conventional roller reefing arrangements, providing a comprehensive series of operations operable by a single person, if required by remote control of motor or motors used.

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US5632215A (en) * 1993-10-22 1997-05-27 Moessnang; Joerg Roller reefing boom system
US6371037B1 (en) 2000-12-26 2002-04-16 Fred C. Cook Sail furling system
US8001916B2 (en) 2009-05-07 2011-08-23 Schaefer Marine, Inc. Mega yacht mast tracking system with articulating sail feeder
US8091497B2 (en) 2009-05-07 2012-01-10 Schaefer Marine, Inc. Sectionalized mast track
US8091496B2 (en) 2009-05-07 2012-01-10 Schaefer Marine, Inc. Mast track with external headboard car
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DE456664C (de) * 1926-07-07 1928-03-01 August Goltz Segelwinde fuer Schiffe zum Bedienen von Segeln von Deck aus
US2197654A (en) * 1938-08-24 1940-04-16 Beaudry Pierre Rig for sailboats
GB601605A (en) * 1943-11-05 1948-05-10 Ettore Bugatti Improvements in or relating to means for winding sails for ships and boats
US3132620A (en) * 1960-01-11 1964-05-12 Andrew T Court Sailboat
US3260230A (en) * 1964-10-12 1966-07-12 Kauert Walter Sail controlling means
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US5632215A (en) * 1993-10-22 1997-05-27 Moessnang; Joerg Roller reefing boom system
US6371037B1 (en) 2000-12-26 2002-04-16 Fred C. Cook Sail furling system
US8001916B2 (en) 2009-05-07 2011-08-23 Schaefer Marine, Inc. Mega yacht mast tracking system with articulating sail feeder
US8091497B2 (en) 2009-05-07 2012-01-10 Schaefer Marine, Inc. Sectionalized mast track
US8091496B2 (en) 2009-05-07 2012-01-10 Schaefer Marine, Inc. Mast track with external headboard car
RU2604251C2 (ru) * 2012-06-25 2016-12-10 Валентин Алексеевич Настасенко Система парусов судна и способы ее установки
US9926174B1 (en) 2014-04-01 2018-03-27 Link-Belt Cranes, L.P., Lllp Hoist rope installation device for crane boom
US20240059405A1 (en) * 2020-04-20 2024-02-22 Lockheed Martin Corporation Vibration control assembly

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